25 The first one came out red-looking,[a] covered with hair[b] like a fur coat, and they named him Esau.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 25:25 In Hb, red-looking sounds like “Edom”; Gn 32:3.
  2. 25:25 In Hb, hair sounds like “Seir”; Gn 32:3.

30 He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I’m exhausted.” That is why he was also named Edom.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 25:30 = Red

Esau’s Family

36 These are the family records(A) of Esau (that is, Edom(B)).

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In that day—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
will I not eliminate the wise ones of Edom(A)
and those who understand
from the hill country of Esau?

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18 Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire,(A)
and the house of Joseph, a burning flame,
but the house of Esau will be stubble;
Jacob[a] will set them on fire and consume Edom.[b]
Therefore no survivor will remain(B)
of the house of Esau,
for the Lord has spoken.

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Footnotes

  1. 18 Lit they
  2. 18 Lit them

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